Why choose Herts?

• Facilities: Learn in our Institute of Sport building, utilising state of the art equipment and laboratories.
• Industry connections: Performance Herts offers placement opportunities, working with elite athletes such as England Women’s Rugby, Saracens Mavericks, UK Sports Institute, England Squash, Netball and Golf.
• Accreditation and industry qualifications: This course will enable you to pursue accreditation from relevant strength and conditioning awarding bodies the UKSCA and NSCA. Furthermore, we are a licensed delivery partner for the Level 3 UKSCA Strength and Conditioning Trainer award.

 

Professional Accreditations

This course is aligned to the UK Strength and Conditioning Association (UKSCA) and will prepare you for the full accreditation.  

 

The University of Hertfordshire is also a UKSCA Strength and Conditioning Trainer licensed delivery partner, and this MSc will provide you with the opportunity to take the UKSCA Strength and Conditioning Trainer award. Therefore, this accreditation is also offered, subject to assessment. 

 

Most strength and conditioning jobs in the UK require UKSCA and/or NSCA accreditation or the ability to achieve this within six months: this MSc will provide that ability.   

 

About the course

The MSc Strength, Conditioning and Rehabilitation is designed for graduate sports scientists, sports therapists, sports coaches, physiotherapists and other health professionals looking to expand their technical expertise, skills and career opportunities.  

 

You will advance your knowledge around the science and practice of strength and conditioning, providing practical and theoretical insight to help people achieve their performance goals, whether elite, recreational or just looking to improve their overall health. You will learn about the prevention and acceleration of recovery from injury and develop skills in the testing and monitoring of physical performance via biomechanical and physiological testing. You will build effective, practical coaching skills in foundation movements, resistance training, speed, agility and rehabilitation, as well as enhancing your analytical, critical thinking, communication and teamworking skills. 

 

This is a practical-based course with expert teaching staff from a variety of backgrounds and with experience working in elite sport and the health industry. You’ll benefit from an experiential learning experience at our Institute of Sport, with access to equipment such as our GRAIL treadmill, gold-standard force plates, 3D motion capture, environmental chamber, forcedecks software, gymAware, optojump, smart speed gates and more.